1999 Buick Century complaints

NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT SURELY A DEFECT - INJECTORS CLOGGING EVERY 7000 MILES.

FAILURE OF TWO FUEL INJECTORS CAUSING STALLING ACTIONS, BAD GAS REPTITIVELY USED.

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE TOOK OFF, WENT INTO TRAFFIC, AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

ON NOV. 9TH 2001, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO ATLANTA, THE CRUISE CONTROL FROZE UP AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, I WAS UNABLE TO DISENGAGE IT OR TURN IT OFF AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND , THEY WERE LOCKED UP ALSO. THINKING THAT THE ACCELERATOR MIGHT BE STUCK I TAPPED IT LIGHTLY AND THE CAR SPED UP TO 85 MPH. I WAS IN ATLANTA TRAFFIC AND FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 5 MILES I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO DISENGAGE. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OFF AND I DECIDED TO TURN IT OFF. IT INSTEAD REENGAGED AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FOR AWHILE. WE FINALLY GOT ONTO I-285 LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GET OFF. AS WE GOT UP TO SPEED IT ONCE AGAIN REENGAGED AND IT TOOK ME NEARLY 8 MILES TO GET IT OFF AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES, EACH TIME I WAS NOT ABLE TO EXIT. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF AT THE EXIT TO OUR DAUGHTERS HOUSE AND I UNPLUGGED IT UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED IN A CAR IN MY LIFE. 85 MPH IN ATLANTA TRAFFIC & NO BRAKES. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET/BUICK DEALER (BENNETT CHEVROLET/BUICK) ON MONDAY THE 12TH. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CRUSE CONTROL MODULE HAD GONE OUT. I THOUGHT THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL FOR A FATAL CRASH. WE WERE LUCKY, PLEASE SEE THAT THIS HAPPENS TO NO ONE ELSE, THEY MIGHT NOT BE SO LUCKY. *AK

BELT BUCKLE OF REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED, AT THIS TIME REAR PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NO LONGER LATCH. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ALSO WOULD NOT LATCH.*YD

ENGINE LIGHT IS ACTIVATED, DEALER MECHANICS CANNOT LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. *AK

THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 55 MPH, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLES SPEED STEADILY INCREASED UNTIL IT APPROACHED 70 MPH IN THE MIDST OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE TO CANCEL THE CRUISE CONTROL BUT IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS PINCH BY THE STRUT TOWER BOLT CAUSING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, THE DEALER REPLACED AND RE-ROUTED THE CABLE. NLM

MY WIFE MARIA NENA A. FLORIDO WAS INVOLVED IN A TOTAL WRECK ACCIDENT. IT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE EXIT OF PIONEER BOULEVARD. SHE WAS DRIVING AROUND 60 MPH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 91 HEADING EASTBOUND IN CERRITOS, CA. SHE WAS ON THE SECOND LANE FROM THE OUTER LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO WIGGLE AND BEGUN MOVING TOWARDS THE RIGHT LANE. SHE TRIED TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY ON THE LANE. WHEN SHE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. THE DRIVER'S DOOR SLAMMED INTO THE GUARDRAIL FACING IN THE OPPOITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC. WITHOUT THE GUARDRAIL,THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL.*AK

WHEN LOOKING UNDER HOOD NOTICED RADIATOR WAS FULL OF GUNK. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY SAID THIS HAPPENS TO ALL BUICK CENTURY VEHICLES. *AK

CONSUMER HIT A POLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, TWO INJURIES DUE TO ACCIDENT. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, AND NONE OF FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT. *YH

WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHOUT JUST CAUSE. CAR WAS PARKED WHEN WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THERE IS NO START OF ORIGIN OR BLEMISH TO BLAME CRACK ON ROCK, BB, ETC. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC WHO STATED LOOKED LIKE A "STRESS FRACTURE" TO HIM. I WANTED TO REPORT THIS IN CASE THERE WERE OTHER SIMILAR CASES LIKE THIS ONE. THANK YOU.*AK

THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ACTUAL FAILURE TO THIS POINT. HOWEVER, THE TIRES HAVE INDULATIONS ON THE SIDEWALLS WHICH ARE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AND DRAMATIC TO THE TOUCH. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )

MOISTURE IS ENTERING RIGHT HEADLIGHT, CAUSING MOISTURE BUILD UP ON LENS. THUS, REDUCING VISIBILITY. *AK

STEERING IS LOOSE AND SPONGY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO WANDER AND LOSE DIRECTION WHEN TRAVELING ON A ROUGH OR BUMPY ROAD. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE TWICE.*AK THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE VIBRATION OF THE POWER STEERING AND FIXED IT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. *YH

WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, VEHICLE BEGAN SLOWING SO CONSUMER ACCELERATED, VEHICLE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN TOOK OFF, CONSUMER TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A RAPID RATE, CONSUMER KEPT FOOT ON BRAKE SLOWING VEHICLE, CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF, BRAKES WERE SO HOT THAT FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF THE WHEELS, CONSUMER THREW SNOW ON TIRES TO EXTINGUISH FIRE ON BOTH TIRES, BRAKE DISCS WERE GLOWING ORANGE, CONSUMER TRADED VEHICLE FOR A 2000 MODEL, HOWEVER WAS $5000 MORE AND FEELS SHE IS ENTITLED TO SOME COMPENSATION. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK WHILE DRIVING BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER BELIEVES IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED HER INJURIES WOULD HAVE BEEN LESSENED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AND ENDED UP CRASHING, THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. *SLC

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN CAR HIT AND SHEARED OFF A TELEPHONE POLE. CAR WAS TOTALED WITH FRONT BUMPER AND CROSS MEMBER PUSHED BACK TO THE ENGINE BLOCK. *AK

WHILE PLACING A CHILD SEAT IN VEHICLE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT COME FROM RETRACTOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND IT TOOK DEALER A MONTH TO REPAIR. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES RESULTED FROM DEFECT. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE 99V356000 & CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS OF HEADLIGHTS. AFTERWARDS, HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. RECALL REMEDY HAD FAILED. CONTACTED &ANDSPOKE TO TAMMY & ROB AT GMC, BUT THEY WERE OF NO HELP. *AK

THE AC DELCO BATTERY FAILED, THE CONNECTIONS BROKE CAUSING ACID TO LEAK OUT. *MJS

AFTER GETTING OFF WORK CONSUMER WENT TO TURN VEHICLE ON AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING TO INCIDENT OCCURRING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT PROBLEM WAS. SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CALL MANUFACTURER FOR THE CONSUMER.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-030

WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL, IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, CAUSING UNWANTED ACCLERATION, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TO REMOVE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND PLACE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS ORDERED PARTS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY I PULLED UP TO THE CLOSED GARAGE DOOR AND AS I PULLED TO WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE DOOR I PUT THE BRAKES ON BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS BASICALLY AT IDLE SPEED BUT THE CAR KEPT GOING THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR AT WHICH TIME I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID PROCEEDING THROUGH THE HOUSE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH OTHER CARS, I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHEN THIS HAPPENED. WE HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE THEN AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN.

THE RECALL REPAIR (99V-356) DID NOT RECTIFY THE HEAD LIGHT ILLUMINATION PROBLEM, CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH VISIBILITY. *MJS

COULD NOT DRIVE IN DRIVE, REPLAC TRANSMISSION, WHEN GOT CAR BACK NOT DASH OR BACK LIGHTS ALSO THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING

MY WIFE TRIED TO CHANGE A TIRE USING THE SUPPLIED JACK WHICH FAILED. THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR CRUSHED THE JACK WHICH WAS ON A FLAT ASPHALT SURFACE. CLEARLY THE SUPPLIED JACK COULD NOT SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE CAR. *AK

WHEN REAR BRAKES GETS DAMP BACK WHEELS WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK THE DEALER STATES THAT THE RUBBING AND THE GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR BRAKE IS CAUSED BY BRAKE DUST. *YH

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS STRAPPED INSIDE OF CARSEAT. SHOULDER BELT WAS STRAPPED AGAINST CHILD'S WAIST AND IT TIGHTENED . MOTHER HAD TO CUT SEATBELT. TO RELEASE THE CHILD. *AK THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS CUT BY THE CUSTOMER. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK BACKWARD AND FORWARD, AT 30 MPH THE JERKING BECAME VIOLENT, THE ENGINE BECAME NOISY AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE WHICH APPEARED TO COME FROM BELOW AND TOWARD THE BACK OF THE CAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM THE DEALER, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS, REPLACED THE MAIN COMPUTER. THE CONSUMER IS UPSET THAT THE DEALER REPLACED A PART ON THE VEHICLE THAT WASN'T POSSIBLY WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE ENGINE, AND LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE COULDN'T STOP UNTIL CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE . *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED ENGINE KNOCKING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND ENGINE WAS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR WOULD NOT START, ENGINE FROZE UP IN THE GARAGE, THE TEMPATURE IS NEVER 60, PUT DRY GAS IN TANK AND AFTER CAR WARMED UP IT CRANKED. ALSO THE HORN IS HARD TO LOCATE IN AN EMERGENCY EVENT.

WHILE AIR CONDITIONING WAS ON CONSUMER NOTICED FUMES INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES. AIR SCOOP TO COOL ENGINE SCRAPES GROUND, ALSO LETS FUMES AND HEAT FROM ENGINE IN CAR. *AK *ML

MY HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE. THEY HAVE TOO NARROW A BEAM, ESPECIALLY IN THE VERTICAL AXIS. *AK

THE DRIVER GETS DISTORTED VISIBILITY BECAUSE INSTRUMENT PANEL REFLECTS ON THE WINDSHIELD. YH

WINDOWS FOG UP TOO EASILY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. 2. NO INSULATION IN FIREWALL, CAUSING LOUD ROAD NOISE , AND DISTRACTING THE DRIVER. *AK

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISFIED WITH RECALL PROCEDURE AND REPAIR (99V-170), DEALERSHIP PROBLEM. *MJS

THE BLACK PLASTIC AIR DEFLECTOR UNDER THE FRONT BUMPER COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. YH

THE PLASTIC AIR DEFLECTOR THAT HANGS BEHIND AND BELOW THE FRONT BUMPER TOUCHES THE GROUND IN ALL DRIVEWAYS. CONSUMER BELIEVES IT'S TOO LOW. NLM

WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE CONSUMER PLACED LEVER INTO REVERSE, INSTEAD OF GOING BACKWARDS THE VEHICLE ROLLS FORWARD UNTIL CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL TO REVERSE.

LIGHTS ARE TOO DIM TO DRIVE AT NIGHT GOING 55 MPH. *MJS

VEHICLE DRIFTS FORWARD WHEN IN REVERSE AND WHEN BACKING UP AN INCLINE WITH FOOT ON OR OFF THE ACCELERATOR, DEALER INDICATED CONDITION WAS NORMAL. NLM

STRONG FUMES ENTER VEHICLE CAUSING BURNING EYES, NOSE, HEADACHES, STOMACH PAINS, NAUSEA, SPACY FEELING, BODY ACHES, EXTREME FATIGUE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND BLURRED VISION. (POTENTIAL EXHAUST PROBLEM) *MJS

HORN IS DIFFICULT TO SOUND AND SOMETIMES THE FIRST ATTEMPT FAILS, DESIGN FLAW. *MJS

THE REFLECTION ON THE WINDSHIELD IS BLOCKING THE DRIVER'S VIEW ESPECIALLY WHEN FACING SUN LIGHT. YH

OIL/FILTER HAD BEEN CHANGED, LOSE OIL, RETURN TO DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD FILTER, THEY NO DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE TO THE ENGINE. *AK

I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE & WAS JUST READY TO COMPLETE BRAKE AND TURN OFF ENGINE WHEN MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD AS THOUGH THE GAS WAS FLOORED. IT WAS SO FAST I COULD DO NOTHING! THE CAR WENT BARRELING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING SCRAPING THE WALL & ONLY STOPPED WHEN IT HIT A PARKED CAR. THIS CAR DID THIS ALL ON IT'S OWN. NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT WHEN IT GETS OUT OF REPAIR (GIUFFRE BUICK). THEY SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING BUT I FOUND A COMPLAINT JUST LIKE IT ON YOUR SITE. *AK